I updated the OP to include the symbols and their meaning. Good question on the R. That just means an event that was already released with results. If you go back to last week's calendar you'll see a bunch of those under all of the economic events. I'm not entirely sure why Econoday originally had that R next to Tuesday's time under Yellen but I see it was removed.
Nice beats across the board for those 8:30am #'s Worth noting that the CPI headline figure was the highest since 2008.
Whoa @ that Philly Fed # ... looks like that was one of the highest reads on this particular survey on record.
Here is next week's (Week beginning 2.20.17) economic calendar- (Note: Markets here in the states will be closed in observance of President's Day)
Just another reminder in here that we have the Fed minutes released at 2pm eastern time today. Could see some reaction to that.
Here is tomorrow's economic calendar- Crude Inventories were pushed ahead to Thursday due to the President's Day holiday on Monday.
{Source} 103 Weeks Below 300K Feb 23, 2017 Jobless claims for the latest week came in slightly higher than expected Thursday morning, rising from 238K up to 244K, which was 4K above the consensus estimate of 340K. There not much new here in the headline number; jobless claims remain exceptionally low by historical standards and have now been below 300K for 103 weeks. That’s the longest streak since 1970- a time when the US population was a lot larger than it is now. Even with the increase in the weekly print, the four-week moving average dropped by over 3K, falling to 241K. That’s a new post-recession low and a level that hasn’t been seen since 1973. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, claims were also solid, falling from 245.9K down to 240.5K. For the current week of the year, this is more than 100K below the average level since 2000 and is the lowest level for the current week going back to 1969.
Two and a Half Year High For ISM Manufacturing Mar 1, 2017 The ISM Manufacturing report for the month of February came in with another strong report, rising to 57.7 from last month’s reading of 56.0 and expectations for a reading of 56.2. This month’s reading was the highest since August 2014 and was the sixth better than expected report in a row. That’s the longest stretch of better than expected reports since the seven-month run from June through December of 2013. Before getting into the details of the report, we first wanted to highlight what the respondents were saying. We can’t remember a report where they sounded this bullish. The chart below shows the headline reading in the ISM Manufacturing report going back to 2000. There hasn’t been such a sustained run higher in the monthly readings since the beginning of the economic expansion. The table below shows the m/m and y/y change in each of the ISM’s various subcomponents. Relative to last month, we saw broad-based strength with just three categories (Customer Inventories, Employment, and Prices Paid) showing declines relative to January and every category rising on a y/y basis. Finally, there are three charts we wanted to specifically highlight. Production rose for the sixth straight month, rising to its highest level since March 2011, while New Orders surged to their highest level since the early months of the economic expansion. Finally, with practically every other component rising, Prices Paid took a breather this month, posting a slight decline from last month, which was the highest level since 2011.
